The fans should not come on when you start the car. What probably
has happened is that the DPO bypassed the theromstat and wired the two
wires together. Check the top back of the radiator and see if the two thin
wires are attached to something.
...Art
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998, Raja wrote:
> Hi all!
> Thanks for all the friendly responses.
>
> Some answers:
> 1)I have manual choke - and I never applied it till your suggestions.
> 2) I don't know what kind of carburettor I have yet.
>
> Last night, I checked the car again with a friend's help trying to
>investigate further.
> 1) The fans turn when the car is started from cold. Not the engine (by this I
>mean the belts don't turn- the only thing moving in there are the fans)
> 2) After 2 tries, and gas, the car comes to life. The engine turns, and the
>fans keep running.
> The whole procedure takes 15 -20 seconds.
>
> The next morning, I tried this time with manual choke
> 1) It takes about 10s to start - in the beginning, only fans and then the
>engine coughs to life, helped by me pressing on the accelerator
>
> I think that after reading all your replies, I am overreacting. It worried
>me that the car that started almost immediately 3 weeks ago and with no help
>is taking longer and longer and has to be manually choked to get going.
>
> I will try working through all the points you suggested partly cos it sounds
>interesting and something I need to know. And a motor mechanics class if I can
>find one. It will be interesting to learn about plugs and points.
>
> Cheers
>
>
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